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Improvements to laser wakefield accelerated electron beam stability, divergence, and energy spread using three-dimensional printed two-stage gas cell targets

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Improvements to laser wakefield accelerated electron beam stability, divergence, and energy spread using three-dimensional printed two-stage gas cell targets. / Vargas, M.; Schumaker, W.; He, Z-H et al.
In: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 104, No. 17, 174103, 28.04.2014.

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Vargas, M, Schumaker, W, He, Z-H, Zhao, Z, Behm, K, Chvykov, V, Hou, B, Krushelnick, K, Maksimchuk, A, Yanovsky, V & Thomas, AGR 2014, 'Improvements to laser wakefield accelerated electron beam stability, divergence, and energy spread using three-dimensional printed two-stage gas cell targets', Applied Physics Letters, vol. 104, no. 17, 174103. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4874981

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Vargas, M., Schumaker, W., He, Z-H., Zhao, Z., Behm, K., Chvykov, V., Hou, B., Krushelnick, K., Maksimchuk, A., Yanovsky, V., & Thomas, A. G. R. (2014). Improvements to laser wakefield accelerated electron beam stability, divergence, and energy spread using three-dimensional printed two-stage gas cell targets. Applied Physics Letters, 104(17), Article 174103. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4874981

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Vargas M, Schumaker W, He Z-H, Zhao Z, Behm K, Chvykov V et al. Improvements to laser wakefield accelerated electron beam stability, divergence, and energy spread using three-dimensional printed two-stage gas cell targets. Applied Physics Letters. 2014 Apr 28;104(17):174103. doi: 10.1063/1.4874981

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abstract = "High intensity, short pulse lasers can be used to accelerate electrons to ultra-relativistic energies via laser wakefield acceleration (LWFA) [T. Tajima and J. M. Dawson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 43, 267 (1979)]. Recently, it was shown that separating the injection and acceleration processes into two distinct stages could prove beneficial in obtaining stable, high energy electron beams [Gonsalves et al., Nat. Phys. 7, 862 (2011); Liu et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 035001 (2011); Pollock et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 107, 045001 (2011)]. Here, we use a stereolithography based 3D printer to produce two-stage gas targets for LWFA experiments on the HERCULES laser system at the University of Michigan. We demonstrate substantial improvements to the divergence, pointing stability, and energy spread of a laser wakefield accelerated electron beam compared with a single-stage gas cell or gas jet target. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.",
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AU - Zhao, Z.

AU - Behm, K.

AU - Chvykov, V.

AU - Hou, B.

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AU - Maksimchuk, A.

AU - Yanovsky, V.

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